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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Petur Jonsson accused of doing that sways Margret's opinion about the crime?

2. The transition between the Chapter 2 narrative and the Chapter 3 narrative is important, because of what shift?

3. What does the Ministry Book say about Agnes in Chapter 4?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 3, it states the names of the three murderers. Who are they?

5. Why will the murderers be executed in Iceland?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Margret feel when she meets Agnes? Why?

2. Why does Agnes not know what to say to Reverend Toti?

3. How does Blondal feel about asking the Assistant Reverend Thorvardur Jonsson to meet with Agnes?

4. Analyze Agnes' quote, "I can turn to that day as though it were a page in a book. It's written so deeply upon my mind I can almost taste the ink" (132).

5. What does the Ministerial Book reveal about Agnes' past that may give insight into her future?

6. What does Poet-Rosa's poem accuse Agnes of doing?

7. Why is Agnes nothing like Margret imagined?

8. How does the Supreme Court Trials describe the crime?

9. Agnes thinks, "Here, man. Here is your smile. Is it a good one? Do you see my lips crack? Do you see my teeth" (39)? Why would she say this to an officer?

10. What does Agnes mean when she says that people did not see her; they see two dead men in a burning farm with a knife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ravens are frequently being referenced and appear during certain situations. What do the ravens represent and why does the author place them during certain scenes? Cite at least four examples and explain how they prove your representation.

Essay Topic 2

Paraphrase the following quotes and examine what they say about the human condition. What does a person want from life and what is lacking?

(Agnes) "I expected him (Reverend Toti) to understand me from the start. I want him to understand me, but I'm a fool to think we speak the same tongue. I may as well be talking to him with a stone in my mouth, trying to find a language that we both understand" (115).

(Agnes) "Toti wishes to hear about my family, but what I have told him has not been what he wants to hear. He must not be used to gnarled trees that grow in this valley, where the branches rope about one another, studded with thorns" (115).

Essay Topic 3

Agnes spends a fair amount of time sharing her story about family with both Reverend Toti and Margret. What conclusions can be drawn from her childhood background and how might they have shaped the woman she became?

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